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JIM
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MURPHY`S LAW
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8/15/2006 7:39:55 PM
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Seems like everything piles up at one time. Have a Ferrol cat that has been hanging around the house for about 4 years, wild as a bat, c`ant touch her. We feed her ,and while I`am not a Cat person grown acoustomed to having her around. Came out yesterday a.m. ,and she was not around,unusaul, lite one up,drank some coffee. I heard this cat mewoing, look up in a pine tree,there she is about 40 ft.up,stayed there all day and nite. Called Critter Catchers($329.000) this A.M., guy went up the tree to get her, now she`s 75 ft. up the tree. Put a trap up in the tree,with food and water,also left the ladder there. Any ideas on how to get that cat down alive?
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BigFoot
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MURPHY`S LAW
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8/15/2006 8:01:09 PM
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Jim, what a caring, soft-hearted person you really are! Don't try to fool us any more.....you have shown us your soul. I did not consider myself to be a "cat person" either but now have three (ex-ferral sp?) cats living with me and I will love and protect them as long as I live and breath. I wish I knew what to say about the cat high in the tree but I do know that if they have the claws to get that high, they can come down just as easily...whether or not they will choose to do so is another question. I hope the cat gets down unharmed...keep us posted!
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roswellric
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Don't worry
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8/15/2006 9:55:17 PM
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We became attached to a Ferrell (sp?) cat too, years ago. Same deal. Took almost a year to get him to let us pet him. Got him neutered. Found out he was a high wire expert when I turned the corner into my subdivision and saw him on the peak of a neighbor's roof 30 ft+ up.Almost ran off the road
No problem - he was used to such heights. Yesterday he was up on the chimney cap of my house 30+ ft up asleep with his back legs dangling off the edge. I couldn't watch. He came home for dinner.
Don't try to rescue these guys. Part of their deal is to climb real high. If you go after him he will just climb higher. That's how these poor orphran guys survive. He'll be back for dinner if you leave him alone. He will get tamer as time goes on. Just don't pet him too much at one time or he'll claw you - gets him too stimulated.
Yes, I'm a sap just like you!
RR
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roswellric
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Well
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8/15/2006 9:58:26 PM
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Would you like another one.... we are so close we could time share :-)
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Tallyman
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MURPHY`S LAW
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8/15/2006 10:11:59 PM
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Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?
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CatWoman
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It's "feral"
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8/16/2006 12:08:40 AM
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It's also: can't, I'm (or I am), accustomed, unusual, meowing, and night.
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GoneFishin
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FEAR NOT JIM
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8/16/2006 3:20:10 AM
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Cats like high places because it is safe and secure and they can keep a watchful lookout for prey. A housecat will often perch on a fridge to ensure they are nearby when we haul out their food.
While we may think that cats get stuck in trees, they do not. Their claws are constructed for climbing up.The problem is, because their claws curve the wrong way, it is almost impossible for them to climb down. If you are patient enough, though, the cat will figure how to do it--slowly shimmying backwards as its claws cling the right way to the tree bark.
It will not starve to death.
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GoneFishin
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CALL CATMAN FOR HELP
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8/16/2006 3:21:11 AM
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BigFoot
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Well
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8/16/2006 9:58:18 AM
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rr, I promised myself no more after 2 but the third one pulled the old
"trojan horse" trick and caused me to raise my limit to 3. I have definitely reached my limit now and if another feral even tries to make eye contact, I scare them away immediately. I can definitely see some advantages in
"time share" however.
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BigFoot
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FEAR NOT JIM
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8/16/2006 10:09:22 AM
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That makes sense......I have noticed my cat backing down this floor to ceiling carpeted pole in my house although he usually just jumps from that short distance.......my post stating that he could get down from the tree "just as easily" was not correct. I agree that he must discover the
art of backing.............
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| Name: |
JIM
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FEAR NOT JIM
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8/16/2006 10:24:36 AM
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You are right about the backing down part. She came down one limb. Now about 65 ft. Guy called this a.m., will be here tommorow, tie off tarps to break her fall, says she will come down one way or the other.
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Osms
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FEAR NOT JIM
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8/16/2006 11:38:54 AM
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Gosh, I'm glad I'm not a 'Cat people'. If that cat got up there it will find a way down--it didn't grow up wild doing things from which it couldn't recover.
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BamaBob3
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FEAR NOT JIM
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8/16/2006 11:43:20 AM
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It will come down. It might be interesting if a owl notices this cat in the tree.
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babygirl
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JIM
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8/16/2006 8:05:34 PM
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has the cat come down yet?? If not, please be patient. It will come down at some point. One way or the other.
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JIM
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JIM
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8/16/2006 8:16:34 PM
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She is stii up there.
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jawjagal
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Bless your heart
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8/16/2006 8:57:12 PM
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babygirl
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I promise she will be OK......
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8/16/2006 9:50:09 PM
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However, are you going to be OK???????
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Feb
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MURPHY`S LAW
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8/16/2006 10:29:49 PM
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Hey JIM, I have six cats and we had one missing and presumed up a tree for over a week. It is sitting next to me right now. So, I am also a cat person. I am respectful of your kind heart, but I have always know it of you.
I think it will come down when the next rain is forecast.
It might also help if you would cage the coon hounds for a few days.
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| Name: |
ot
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MURPHY`S LAW
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8/17/2006 9:17:02 AM
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did she come down? there was a huge storm in Sandy Creek last night, lots of lightening.
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jawjagal
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My kitties
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8/18/2006 9:53:57 PM
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are Spooky (guess what color)
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Ashes (guess what color)
They are personality +
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